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An independent publishing house based in Chennai, India. Indian pulp novels in translation, ghostlore, graphic novels, weird stories, & picture books about young women in love with gruesome monsters.
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New high weirdness from Kuzhali Manickavel: YOU GO MAN! WHY ME?
In her latest stylish, surrealist, queer af collage zine, Manickavel offers expert advice on how best to deal with supernatural beings -- incl. item fish, entitled koalas, and much more
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New in our "Other Indies!" section: Comic zines by Sunny Kumari (a.k.a. Sunny Goes Bananas)
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“A thrilling romp through the annals of what goes bump in the Indian night.” – Helen Nde, Mythological Africans
Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India by Rakesh Khanna & J. Furcifer Bhairav
Indian edition:
www.blaft.com/products/gho...
US/UK edition:
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/738269...
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STUPID GUY GOES TO INDIA now available in Europe! Free shipping!
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New on our blog: The story of pulp novelist H N "Atom" Golibar, his wife "Firecracker", & the family behind Gujarat's longest-running variety magazine, Chakram Chandan
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Reprinted and back in stock on our website: STUPID GUY GOES TO INDIA, an autobiographical manga chronicling the misadventures of Yukichi Yamamatsu in Delhi
www.blaft.com/products/stu...
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Haha forgot where we were. OK mail then!
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Right. Would really appreciate if you could share good leads, DM please!
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We get practically zero engagement on FB these days, not sure why -- but posted there too. Mailing list mail coming soon. And yeah, we've been reaching out various other ways.... But please help us spread the word :-)
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Call for Submissions! Poster by the inimitable Priyanka Paul who will be contributing the cover! More here: blaft.com/blogs/news/c...
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Things people can do, based on my experience: cash to small presses is REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. If you are coveting books from small presses right now (like, if you're excited by the lambda finalist lists perhaps???), now is an _amazing_ time to buy some books direct from the publishers!
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The book trailer (from 9 years ago! 🤯) RIP Ananthanayagi and Kasthuri
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Reprints of Kuzhali Manickavel's THINGS WE FOUND DURING THE AUTOPSY are in and it's back in stock on our website!
www.blaft.com/collections/...
Including stories about apocalyptic floods, dragons decaying in kitchen cupboards, middle school angst, and other edifying topics. Pick up a copy now!
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Indie Comix Fest is getting bigger and better and crazier every year. March 17 in Delhi! Mark the date!
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@khoreo.bsky.social, a magazine and podcast of speculative fiction by immigrant and diaspora authors & artists, is currently nearing the end of their Year 4 fundraiser, less than $1k away from funding. Support them: www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
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Pulp up! 2 hours left!
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Every time we toot/skeet/tweet we get a couple more backers so we're going to keep bugging you 😅
The Gujarati Pulp Fiction Kickstarter is live for 31 more hours! We're fully funded & hope to have the book out by the end of 2024 in time for gift season!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Please fund @khoreo.bsky.social today or I will release the clowns that shoot fire ants out of their noses.
khōréō is a kick-ass speculative fiction magazine by immigrant and diaspora writers and artists. They need to raise $4,000. Do the thing.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/kho...
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Read an excerpt of Bar Dancer by Vibhavari Verma, in translation by Vishwabhari S. Parmar.
kickstarter.com/projects/blaft…
Then back our Kickstarter to help get the book out by December and read the rest!
35 hours to go!
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48 hours left for our Kickstarter! Book your copy of GUJARATI PULP FICTION now!
Murder for hire! Headless ghosts! Mermaids! Nightclub dancers out for revenge!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Far from an expert, but the blue areas are Munda languages if that helps
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munda_l...
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6 days left! Read the story synopses! Check out the "Bar Dancer" excerpt! Look at those gorgeous Golibar novel horror covers! Back our Kickstarter and reserve your copy!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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We hit our target last night! Huge thanks to everyone who chipped in!
You can still reserve a copy of THE BLAFT ANTHOLOGY OF GUJARATI PULP FICTION!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Now I'm super curious :-) While researching for our Ghosts of India book we found a bunch of parallels between Narikurava folklore and Dom folklore, and I've been wanting to learn if the same characters are there in Romani stories.
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Thank you... It's also commonly used by Narikuravars in South India to describe themselves and I believe most don't think of it as a slur.
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Aand... we're not at the Delhi Book Fair either... BUT you can find a few of our bestselling titles at the Bookoholics stall, Hall 5 Stall F5!
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We're missing Chennai Comic Con... but our 25th anniversary edition of Orijit Sen's RIVER OF STORIES will be available at the Bakarmax stall, along with all the amazing books they publish! Go spend all your money!
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Publishers for Palestine wants help tracking the silencing of Palestinian voices and crackdowns on Palestinian solidarity in the publishing industry. If you have anything to report, here's the link:
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Come on yougaiz! You KNOW you want to know what's behind these covers!
Back our Gujarati Pulp Fiction project now!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Read a note from our translator, Vishwambhari S. Parmar, on growing up bilterate in English and Gujarati, and slowly discovering the more risqué side of Gujarati fiction:
www.blaft.com/blogs/news/g...
Then back our Kickstarter to read Gujarati pulp in translation!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/blaft
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We are super grateful to KAYA PRESS, an LA-based publisher who bring out very excellent books by Asian and Asian diaspora writers, for letting us share their stall at the AWP convention in Kansas City!
Their books include this incredible anthology of South Korean SF!
kaya.com/books/readym...
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We're up to 100 backers! And nearly 3/4 funded!
If you haven't booked a copy of GUJARATI PULP FICTION yet, throw in now to help us get the book out by the end of the year!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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We're two-thirds of the way there yougaiz! Book your copy and help us over the finish line. $12 / ₹995 for a print copy, free shipping in India, Indian cards accepted (DM if you have trouble!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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"I recommend this book for every monster hunter out there, every supernatural fan, and anyone that appreciates traditional gruesome folklore."
Thanks Spooky Mrs. Green for the great review!
spookymrsgreen.com/2024/02/02/b...
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Yay!! Thanks for the boost! Again!
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Jennifer Crispin || Dancing Star Press
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THIS is the Kickstarter project I am most excited about right now! Mermaids, revenge, interplanetary flirtations? An anthology of pulp fiction from India, all translated from Gujarati? ❤️🔥🧜♀️🪐🔪❤️🔥 Check it out!
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Our Gujarati Pulp Fiction Kickstarter has hit the 50% mark! Big thanks to all our backers!
We've released a teaser -- the first three chapters of Vibhavari Verma's "BAR DANCER". Have a read!
www.blaft.com/blogs/news/g...
PDF link: cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/18...
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We're 36% of the way to funding THE BLAFT ANTHOLOGY OF GUJARATI PULP FICTION! Many thanks to all our backers! Throw in ₹1660 (US $20 + shipping) for 10+ thrilling tales of adventure, revenge, and supernational terror... along with a Blaft tote bag
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Reskeeting with a link that works. Please help us bring this book out this year! Thanks for boosting!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Thanks so much for your the support! And the boost!
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Thankyouuuu!!!
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We hardly ever get interaction on this platform... And then when we do it's gotta be the skeet with the broken link 😭 Anyway thanks for the boost, and we hope you love the book when we finish!
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Woops thanks! That's the one!
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So Kickstarter just selected our Gujarati Pulp Fiction campaign as a "Project We Love"... which will apparently make it more visible on their platform. Yay!
Chip in now to reserve an ebook, paperback, tote bag, poster or book bundle!
kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Original covers of 3 of the short novels we'll be translating for our GUJARATI PULP FICTION anthology.
Chip in to our Kickstarter!
We'll be releasing a teaser from "Bar Dancer" for our backers soon (it's so fun!)
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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Our Gujarati Pulp Fiction Kickstarter is live! Come check it out, chip in, book your copy, tell your friends!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bla...
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My friend Annie Zaidi’s essay on witches: staffblog.webspace.durham.ac.uk/eaten-by-a-g...
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Joyce (Wolf) Chng/Ch'ng 🐺
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ANNOUNCEMENT!
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Annie Zaidi on liver-eating witches and hungry rakshasis staffblog.webspace.durham.ac.uk/eaten-by-a-g...
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